Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.

Fashion goes round in circles.

Life is a process of working out what's not working for you and disentangling yourself from it and trying then not walk into the same thing again. Watching your patterns and correcting them if you can.

I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas.

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music... It's my fascination, my on-going passion.